Alcaraz injury puts French Open in doubt, Rybakina's wins 2nd Porsche + Shelton's clay victory

About this episode

The episode discusses Alcaraz's injury and its impact on the French Open, Rybakina's recent wins, and other key events in the tennis world.

The clay season continues and it was titles for Rybakina, Fils and Shelton on the tour but the headlines were dominated by Carlos Alcaraz when he withdrew from Barcelona after his first match with a wrist injury. Since then Alcaraz has been spotted wearing a wrist cast at the Laureus World Sports Awards and his participation at Roland-Garros has been thrown into question given the nature of his injury. Elsewhere Jannik Sinner attempts to make history by winning 5 Masters titles on the trot and 4 in a row to open a season as the World No.1 looks to capitalise on the abscence of Alcaraz and Djokovic in Madrid. Returning to competition in Madrid is Aryna Sabalenka who has a battle for No.1 after Rybakina won her 2nd Stuttgart crown and drove away with another Porsche. Chris and Kim also discuss the controversial circumstances around former Wimbledon Champion Markéta Vondroušová's doping charges for refusing a test in December last year and try to make sense as to why a player with so much experience of being tested would not be aware of the rules or the consequences of refusing a test. They also celebrate Amelie Mauresmo announcing that Roland-Garros will not be having cameras…

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris, Kim

Topics covered

• Alcaraz injury
• French Open
• Rybakina's victory
• Sinner's Masters titles
• Vondroušová doping charges
• Madrid tournament predictions

Keywords

• Alcaraz injury
• French Open
• Rybakina
• Sinner
• Vondroušová
• Madrid
• tennis news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Laureus World Sports Awards, Porsche

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